Rare Earth Top Stories

How the US lost the plot on rare earths

If Cold War Presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan knew that the nation’s national defense rested on technologies coming from its former and current adversaries, they would surely be turning in their graves.

Rick Mills | January 25, 2019 | 12:00 pm

China’s lithium hydroxide exports to rise this year – Pilbara CEO

Chinese producers such as Ganfeng and General Lithium have new…

Reuters | January 25, 2019 | 10:08 am

Explorex Resources scraps plans to buy battery metals project in Finland

The Canadian miner won't be buying the Hautalampi cobalt, nickel,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2019 | 8:17 am

Flagship Volkswagen plant transforms for EV era

German carmaker will invest 870 million euros ($985 million) by…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2019 | 3:03 am

SQM just made it very difficult for Tianqi to access company secrets

The lithium miner, the world’s second largest producer of the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 24, 2019 | 9:06 am

Q3 winning streak over: ‘Considerable underperformance’ among Canadian miners in Q4

EY's Canadian Mining Eye index shows a 9% loss in Q4 2013 and 45% for the year.

Ana Komnenic | February 6, 2014 | 6:31 pm

Mining deals for about $10bn coming soon to a market near you—E&Y

However, the report says those funds are unlikely to be available to junior miners.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 4, 2014 | 3:04 pm

Back to miners graduating with 6-figure salaries ‘in a few years’

Baby boomers are retiring and even if only a small fraction of new projects take off, the ensuing skills shortage will bring back mining jobs boom.

Frik Els | February 2, 2014 | 11:39 pm

Dr Doom: Be afraid, but not very afraid of emerging market crises

While many emerging markets are teetering right now, noted economist Nouriel Roubini says chance of a fully-fledged crisis is low.

Frik Els | January 31, 2014 | 8:01 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: Mining the moon for rare earths

Since successfully landing on the moon 45 Years ago, scientists have found a high concentration of minerals in the rock samples brought back for testing.

Neomam Studios | January 31, 2014 | 8:27 am